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My cousin is retiring from the Navy today, and it is at the Seebees museum in Port Huyneme, CA. This place is amazing with a lot of historical items of Dieselpunk interest. When I get home tonight,…Continue

The Dieselpunk movement seems to be growing, but I haven't heard of any events, cons, etc. local to Southern California. I don't mean a panel at a general comic con type of event, or a small part of…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brendan HollyKing Leber May 28, 2014.

All right, youse guys and dolls. For a few years now, you've been showing off your duds. Now, let's show off our digs. Ya know, the place where you hang your hat. Show us your diesel age or diesel…Continue

I am a lifestyler. Pretty much that means that as a rule, I listen to vintage music or music inspired y the DP era. I also happen to dress up wherever I go. Not anything spectacular, just slacks, a…Continue

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My cousin is retiring from the Navy today, and it is at the Seebees museum in Port Huyneme, CA. This place is amazing with a lot of historical items of Dieselpunk interest. When I get home tonight, expect a major update with lots of photos.

The Dieselpunk movement seems to be growing, but I haven't heard of any events, cons, etc. local to Southern California. I don't mean a panel at a general comic con type of event, or a small part of a steampunk convention. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of an actual dieselpunk event here in SoCal.I know about Dapper Day a Disneyland, but is there anything else out there?If not, I'll just start one. ;)See More

All right, youse guys and dolls. For a few years now, you've been showing off your duds. Now, let's show off our digs. Ya know, the place where you hang your hat. Show us your diesel age or diesel inspired home, office, car, bathroom, whatever.I'll start us off. Here's a photo of my home office complete with a candlestick phone and a faux-vintage radio that hooks into my mp3 player so I can listen to the Diesel Powered Podcast.So, show me what ya got!See More

I am a lifestyler. Pretty much that means that as a rule, I listen to vintage music or music inspired y the DP era. I also happen to dress up wherever I go. Not anything spectacular, just slacks, a nice dress shirt, usually with a tie, and my black fedora (not a trilby, darnit, a FEDORA). A couple of years back I was dressed as such when I dropped off an application. No, I wasn't in a three-piece with a pocketwatch or wearing aviator goggles or anything. Just a shirt, tie, hat, nice pants and…See More

Steampunk has lots of fiction to read. It did start as a literary movement after all, that morphed into a DIY subculture. Dieselpunk, however, rose from numerous sources - films like Sky Captain, The Rocketeer, etc., the swing revival of the 1990s, and a few other things. Yes, I'm generalizing. Let's not start an argument. But one thing I have not seen much of is Dieselpunk fiction.I see a few people here on the forums saying they are beginning to write some DP fiction. I wanna see it, and I…See More

I know that this will sound strange coming from a relative newbie on this site, but I've put some thought into this. As I mentioned in another thread, I understand that the current accepted "traditional" Dieselpunk time frame is the period between the World Wars, and I agree that most of the essence of the scene is derived from that time. Although, I have to admit I often find myself thinking that it should be extended slightly in both directions.This is more of a thought exercise, and not…See More

I somehow, stupidly, just realized that I ran into you in real life a few months back. You were in your best Toy Soldier uniform, outside the Walmart in West Lancaster raising money for charity. My wife, son and I struck up a conversation with you because I had never seen a Toy Soldier in real life. Although I don't post much here, I'm on this site frequently and I never put two and two together.I was looking at some of the photos in the "duds" section and my wife said "Hey, that's the…See More